March Madness

[Pentegarn]

It's just about here!!!!!

I don't count the play in match, which only decides who NC will be beating in the first round, either.

Who do you like? Who do you hate? Who do you think is getting upset in the first round?

I predict Duke gets dropped by Belmont.

In NIT news, Syracuse looked weak to start against Robert Morris.

[GADZOOKS]

I just made a thread about making a bracket group :(

[WhiteRat]

In NIT news, Syracuse looked weak to start against Robert Morris.

But Minnesota is looking mighty fine.

Tournament wise, I just finished delicately filling out my bracket. Why delicately, you ask? Well, it's soaked with gasoline! This highly violatle bracket features such gambles as Clemson reaching the Elite 8, Drake knocking off UConn, and Temple AND George Mason winning their respective first round matches.

Don't worry though, I've got plenty of gauze and burn cream nearby.

[Pentegarn]

But Minnesota is looking mighty fine.

Tournament wise, I just finished delicately filling out my bracket. Why delicately, you ask? Well, it's soaked with gasoline! This highly violatle bracket features such gambles as Clemson reaching the Elite 8, Drake knocking off UConn, and Temple AND George Mason winning their respective first round matches.

Don't worry though, I've got plenty of gauze and burn cream nearby.

Other than Clemson and Temple, that sounds like my bracket :lol

[Pentegarn]

I just made a thread about making a bracket group :(

That's fine. We can talk tournament turkey here, and contest turkey there :)

[GADZOOKS]

I'm a turkey. Lay off.

Who else is taking Friday off? I'm going to a friends house who has HDTV. I don't even have cable.

[WhiteRat]

I wanted to take a day of leave for Friday but I have some pointless 5 hour training course on how to train other airmen to operate fork lifts and other equipment. I'm not kidding, the class is called "Train the Trainer".

[Pentegarn]

I can't, March is a busy month for my job sadly. I do get off early though so I will still see a lot of action :)

[WhiteRat]

Looks like Minnesota will lose this one to Maryland. Oh well, we won 20 games and the future looks bright for Tubby Smith and the Gophers.

[Pentegarn]

Less than 24 hours to go now :love

I am going to eat so many chicken wings and drink so much beer over the next 2 weeks!

[WhiteRat]

March Hoops Extravaganza Madness has begun!

[Esuohlim]

Go MSU prove me wrong and ruin my bracket see if I care about internet braggery :(

[GADZOOKS]

I bet they play the 300 soundtrack alot at your school.

[GADZOOKS]

any know where there is a place where they are streaming games, something came up so I'm going to be not by a TV in a little while :(

[WhiteRat]

Here ya go stinker:

http://ncaasports.com/mmod/?source=mktg_mmod08_vip2_lvhp&refcode=mmod08_vip2_lvhp

[WhiteRat]

Oh man, Georgia is giving Xavier the business. I really hope they win because two hucksters at my work pool have Xavier going to the final four.

[Esuohlim]

I bet they play the 300 soundtrack alot at your school.

Oh man you have no idea >:

I thought after Meet the Spartans the whole thing would have petered out but I'd seriously rather have the Chuck Norris craze back

[GADZOOKS]

:lol @ the boss button

[WhiteRat]

God damn you Baylor! I believed in you! I was ridiculed because of you!

Fuck you Baylor!

[WhiteRat]

Dear god Belmont is tied with Duke with 9 mins left. Belmont has all of the momentum right now and i'm starting to panic. I've got Duke losing to UNC in the National Championship!

[Pentegarn]

Ouch man!

I actually have Belmont in the upset, so I am cheering them on hard :rock

[Esuohlim]

Having my bracket go up in flames would be completely worth Duke losing in the first round.

[WhiteRat]

Milhouse get out of this thread and don't ever come back.

[Pub Lover]

My goddamn tv is still showing Xavier's win. I want to see Belmont crushing Duke dammit.

[Esuohlim]

You and me both buddy!

h8 duke. Sorry WhiteRat, but if I recall correctly Duke had won by one point like 15 times this season and they annoy me as a result.

[WhiteRat]

I expect to have my bracket explode in my face but dear god not now.

[WhiteRat]

Belmont is playing some damn good stifling D.

[WhiteRat]

My goddamn tv is still showing Xavier's win. I want to see Belmont crushing Duke dammit.

Go here to stream games live:
http://www.ncaasports.com/mmod/player/1601476

[Pentegarn]

Belmont is playing some damn good stifling D.

I spent an unhealthy amonunt of time this year looking for the potential dark horse and found out about these guys. They have a sick makeup that can beat any team any night. Their D is pretty top notch. When I saw they got paired against Duke, I knew I HAD to go with the upset.

Now here's hoping they can finish strong! :)

[WhiteRat]

Belmont up 1 with 2:02 left. I swear to god if they win I will start smashing things.

[El Blanco]

Duke has been playing piss poor tonight. They are in this game on talent alone. The defense is lacking and the O is unbelievably sloppy. Belmont should have been blown out of the building by now.

Can this be another early exit for the Blue Devils? How many brackets will get shot to hell?

Props to Belmont for taking advantage of the opportunities.

[Pub Lover]

Goddamn Winthrop, everytime? WHY!

[Esuohlim]

Holy shit even my heart is racing and I couldn't care less about either of these teams.

[WhiteRat]

I'm about to rage on my tv. God dammit!

[WhiteRat]

Amazing drive and now we have a jump ball. My pits are dripping with fear!

[Pub Lover]

Fuck you henderson!!!!!! >:

[Esuohlim]

FUCK

Well my bracket is safe but damnit that would have been absolutely awesome.

[WhiteRat]

More like Fuck You Belmont! :lol

[Esuohlim]

OH SHIT :lol

This game is clearly over but I'm still optimistic :(

[WhiteRat]

Oh shit is right :\

[Pub Lover]

2.7 we can do this belmont, com on

[WhiteRat]

Glad that's over. Goodbye Belmont!

[Pub Lover]

Oh dang. :(

It was sooo close.

[Esuohlim]

I wanted Duke to lose so badly, and I've even got them in the sweet 16 :\

[Pentegarn]

The consolation to Duke haters is they were exposed there. West Virginia will pounce on them next round

Damn, so close, yet so far

[Pub Lover]

I think you mean Arizona will pounce on them. :picklehat

[Pentegarn]

I think you mean Arizona will pounce on them. :picklehat

Maybe if it were opposite day :pirate

[WhiteRat]

Now George Mason is down to Stupid Irish Catholic School. First Temple, now GM? When will a 12 beat a 5? And don't say Villanova either, I need Clemson to be money for me.

[Pentegarn]

OK, I won't say Villanova.

But.... well, you know :P

That was one hell of an opening night, I don't normally get so freaking excited over a first round game, especially a 2 seed versus a 15 seed, but damn, was that a good game! Wisconsin did not impress me with their first half play. That crap may fly against Cal St. Fullerton, but if they bring that junk to Kansas St, they will likely lose. George Mason is apparently the new Gonzaga, whatever I pick them to do, they will do the opposite. Purdue honestly surprised me, i didn't think they had it in them to beat Baylor. I hope today is as exciting as yesterday was :)

[El Blanco]

This year is all about the Big East. I have them all winning in the first round (yes, even 'Nova).

nice to see for once Arizona isn't going to fuck up my bracket. They normally do the exact opposite of whatever I pick them to do.

I'm really starting to regret picking Duke for the Final Four.

[Colonel Flagg]

Big 10 all the way! On Wisconsin! (Yes, about a chance in hell)

BTW what is that green or red number in the bracket standings? (I think I'm in the top million?) :\

[WhiteRat]

San Diego is up 5 on UConn right now.

[Pentegarn]

Why is it no matter what I pick Gonzaga to do, they ALWAYS do the opposite?

Every year, same freaking story. I pick them to win, they lose, I pick them to lose, they win.

And while we're on the subject, Gonzaga sounds like a pizza sauce ingrediant.

[El Blanco]

I have 6 losses in my bracket right now.

3 in the West Region. I had UConn losing to Duke in the Elite 8.

[WhiteRat]

This game will be right up there with Vermont-Syracuse and Hampton-Iowa State.

[Pentegarn]

This game will be right up there with Vermont-Syracuse and Hampton-Iowa State.

Please don't remind me of that debacle. I had Iowa State winning it all that year >:

[WhiteRat]

I had Syracuse going to the Final Four when Vermont beat them...

[Colonel Flagg]

Am I the only one in this bunch old enough to remember Rollie Mass and a host of hopped up 8th seeded Villanova Wildcats shooting the lights out in the second half to beat Georgetown (and Patrick Ewing) in 1985 for the national title?

[Pentegarn]

Am I the only one in this bunch old enough to remember Rollie Mass and a host of hopped up 8th seeded Villanova Wildcats shooting the lights out in the second half to beat Georgetown (and Patrick Ewing) in 1985 for the national title?

Nah, I remember that too.

[WhiteRat]

I was only a year old then, so yes, I do remember.

[WhiteRat]

C'mon Stanford, you're one of my Final Four teams! Stop fuckin' around and put Marquette into the ground. Thanks.

[Colonel Flagg]

C'mon Stanford, you're one of my Final Four teams! Stop fuckin' around and put Marquette into the ground. Thanks.

They're so not looking like a 3 seed right now.

[WhiteRat]

The Lopez twins are beasts. Up 1 with 1.3 to go in OT.

[Colonel Flagg]

Even top seeds get a scare. Way to hold it together, Red!

[WhiteRat]

A&M is leading UCLA by 5 with 16 min left. It seems like everyone I know has UCLA getting to the Final Four or winning the whole thing. The Bruins need to go bye-bye for me to salvage my bracket at work.

[Colonel Flagg]

Bruins going down would be OK with me - I have them losing in the first round of the sweet 16.

My west region is completely hosed.

[Pentegarn]

Duke had to lose yesterday, or I would have lost faith in justice throughout the universe.

MSU over Pitt shocked me (and just about everyone else I dare say).

UCLA looked pretty uninspired, I hope this was their one bad game in the tourney.

Today should be pretty interesting.

[Esuohlim]

MSU over Pitt shocked me (and just about everyone else I dare say).

It makes me feel better that Pitt was only really still in the game because of free throws (I think they made something like 22 free throw shots in the second half). I now wish I didn't bet against my own team, but if we're going to fucking foul like crazy as usual then we're not going to win the next game anyway.

[GADZOOKS]

If you win the Bracket Bunch I'm mailing your bracket to SPARTY himself >:

[Colonel Flagg]

On a separate note, I'm not a Tar Heels fan, but 221 points in 2 games? WTF? They're supposed to be a COLLEGE team, not a PRO team. Plus, they still only play 40 minutes a game, right?

I should have picked UNC to go all the way - they look crazy good right now.

[WhiteRat]

Right now it appears that picking UNC to win it all is about the only thing that I did right.

[GADZOOKS]

georgetown is out, and so am I. shit

[Pentegarn]

Georgetown losing crippled me in both brackets... though I was already crippled much much worse from Vandy, so what does it matter, I suppose :P

[WhiteRat]

Western Kentucky is getting womped on by UCLA. At his point in the tourney, I am rooting for all lower seeds to run the table. If my bracket is going to shit, i'm taking everyone else down with me!

[Colonel Flagg]

Don't look now, WR, but here comes WKU! Too little too late?

EDIT: Yeah, looks like it. UCLA just had too many horses.

[GADZOOKS]

SUCK A DICK, BRUCE PEARL

[Pentegarn]

It went about as well as it could have for me in my work pool. At this point I am trying not to get last place in it.

[Esuohlim]

HEY WISCONSIN >:

HEY >:

WAY TO GO FAGGOTS >:

If fucking Kansas can't beat Davidson then fuck it I'm done

[Colonel Flagg]

On Wisconsin, On Wisconsin, stand up Badgers sing.
"Forward" is our driving spirit, loyal voices ring.
On Wisconsin, On Wisconsin, raise her glowing flame.
Stand, fellows, let us now salute her name.
:x:x:x:x:x:moon:moon:moon:moon:fart:fart:fart:fart

YOU BASTARDS!

[Colonel Flagg]

Boy, I'm so glad I didn't play a "pay-for-play" pool this year. I need all the help I can get.

I'm now with WR - root for the Underdogs. Go Davidson and Villanova!

[Pentegarn]

Boy, I'm so glad I didn't play a "pay-for-play" pool this year. I need all the help I can get.

I'm now with WR - root for the Underdogs. Go Davidson and Villanova!

At least with Davidson, you get your wish :P

[WhiteRat]

Boy, I'm so glad I didn't play a "pay-for-play" pool this year. I need all the help I can get.

I'm now with WR - root for the Underdogs. Go Davidson and Villanova!

That and fuck wisconsin to all hell. Sorry for the harsh language, but ol' Sconnie belongs in the sewer.

[Colonel Flagg]

No Final Four group has ever been made up of only number 1 seeds - maybe this is the year?

29th time lucky?

[Esuohlim]

Pfft it's probably going to be three 1 seeds and Davidson. >:

[Pentegarn]

Looks like, for the first time in the history of the tourney as far as I know, that all 4 number 1 seeds are in the final four. Not sure why it took this long for it to happen though.

The real irony is everyone's brackets are in shambles despite this fact.

[Colonel Flagg]

Exactly. Because it had never happened before. You always have at least one upset before the final four, right?

Well, we can't say that anymore, can we. :\

[Esuohlim]

WE ARE PART OF HISTORY HERE

[WhiteRat]

Wisconsin forward Brian Butch posing like the tranny that he is:
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m76/nadinebabu/BrianButch-1.jpg

[Colonel Flagg]

:lol

[Colonel Flagg]

Wow. Memphis looked pretty f'in awesome against UCLA. If UNC plays like it can tonight against Kansas, then Monday's game will have the potential to be somethig special.

[Pentegarn]

Looks like NC is NOT playing like it can against Kansas. Not like it matters to me, my pull in the brackets died with UCLA

EDIT: This is looking like it will be a long night for NC

[Colonel Flagg]

And that's why I suck at the NCAA March Madness pool. I couldn't pick my ass with a pair of tweezers.

[GADZOOKS]

FUCK WINNING BRACKET

[Colonel Flagg]

See y'all next year, when I'l take one for the team again! :lol

Congratulations >:

[Esuohlim]

Oh hey look the championship game is going on right now :rolleyes :rolleyes

[WhiteRat]

I lost interest in the game when I stumbled upon Jake "The Snake" Roberts' wikipedia page.

Go Memphis...i guess.

[executioneer]

is the madness over

[WhiteRat]

Roughly 9 minutes of Madness is left.

[GADZOOKS]

ESPN COMMENT OF THE MOMENT:

Memphis needs to play like it has nothing to lose. Let's see who has instinct to seal the deal.


deep shit right there

[WhiteRat]

Looks like Memphis might wrap this biotch up.

[WhiteRat]

Disregard.

[GADZOOKS]

:lol

So long March Madness, you sucked, and I swear I will not get ensnared by your bullshit longshots and crushed dreams for at least another 10 months.

[WhiteRat]

Yeah, fuck you March Madness!

ps - just kidding I love you deeply and i'll see you next year.

[Pentegarn]

Well, it was fun regardless of seeing yet another bracket implode.

Now to wallow in the inevitable post March Madness depression that lasts till roughly September :P

[Esuohlim]

And so ends my frequenting of the Sports forum. See ya later kids!

[WhiteRat]

Please don't leave us we need allies!